EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Gideon Levy’s blistering criticism of the Occupation has so enraged the public that his paper, Haaretz, was once forced to give him a bodyguard. On the eve of an Australian speaking tour, he reflects on the path he has chosen and the day he went too far

Whoever among Fatah leaders succeeds Mahmoud Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), one thing is virtually certain: he will have served significant time in an Israeli prison. Jibril Rajoub, a former security chief in the West Bank and serious contender...

Israel should act to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Gaza for “humanitarian and strategic reasons,” a former high-ranking security official told journalists on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Gilad, who served as director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs at...

The discontent of Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party with Hamas’s revised policy document, which recognises the pre-1967 lines as the realistic basis for a future Palestinian state, comes as no surprise given the current rivalry between the two movements. But an attack on...

Three retired security officials have spoken out publicly in support of Breaking the Silence, following a municipal decision to shut down an art gallery that hosted members of the group. Former Shin Bet chiefs Ami Ayalon and Carmi Gillon, and former police commander...